29 more die in South Asia floods

GUWAHATI, India (AFP) — Severe flooding in India and Bangladesh claimed 29 more lives overnight as officials warned Sunday there was more rain ahead in a deluge that has marooned or displaced millions.

More than 3,200 people have now been killed in the two countries in what officials are calling the worst monsoon season in decades, which has also ruined hundreds of millions of dollars in crops.

In India's northeastern Assam state, one of the regions hardest hit by the floods, 10 people drowned while trying to escape the water's fury, said the state's relief minister, Bhumidar Barman.

"The situation is still critical in many areas with millions of people lodged at makeshift shelters," Barman said, noting that the forecast called for more thundershowers in the coming 24 hours.

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